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- 2024 College Free Speech Rankings https://rankings.thefire.org/rank 14 comments
- 2024 College Free Speech Rankings https://rankings.thefire.org/rank 2 comments
- Harvard University Ranked Last in 2024 College Free Speech Rankings https://rankings.thefire.org/rank/school/harvard-university 6 comments
- Democrats Mock Harvard President For Citing Commitment To Free Speech During Anti-Semitism Hearing: ‘Harvard Ranks Last’ On Free Speech https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/in-the-news/democrats-mock-harvard-president-for-citing-commitment-to-free-speech-during-anti-semitism-hearing-harvard-ranks-last-on-free-speech 46 comments politics
- FIRE "combines seven unique dimensions to identify the top ranked college campuses for student free speech and open inquiry." Out of 203 colleges, the top 3 are: Chicago, Kansas State, and Purdue. Bottom 3: Rensselaer, Penn, Columbia. https://rankings.thefire.org/rank 8 comments goldandblack
- Ecuador: Snowden would be protected on our soil: But the South American nation is no bastion of free speech. Its ranking on press freedom is going from bad to worse http://www.csmonitor.com/world/americas/2013/0624/ecuador-snowden-would-be-protected-on-our-soil?nav=88-csm_category-topstories 3 comments worldnews
- Across and within countries, people consistently rank free and fair elections and protection of civil liberties (e.g. free speech) as being the pillars of democracy. This conflicts with rhetoric by authoritarians who try to redefine democracy to reflect their own approaches to governance. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp1274 40 comments science